Contrary to popular belief, very few of those destined to die as witches in England and Wales were burned at the stake – the chosen method of execution in Scotland and on the Continent.

Other accused witches included Agnes Sampson, a respected elderly woman in North Berwick and Dr John Fian, a local ...

Julie Aspinall, 60, from Coventry, discovered she was a 'natural witch' at the age of 15 - but kept her true identity a ...

The glass vessel — dirty, but intact — was sealed with a cork and filled with a mysterious liquid. But before the workers ...

A rare, 18th-century “witch bottle” — filled with a peculiar liquid — was recently discovered in England. Photo from the North East Lincolnshire Council, Facebook While renovating a ...